Joanneumite, confirmed as a new mineral in 2012, is the first recognized
isocyanurate
Cyanuric acid or 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triol is a chemical compound with the formula (CNOH)3. Like many industrially useful chemicals, this triazine has many synonyms. This white, odorless solid finds use as a precursor or a component of bleaches ...
mineral, with the formula Cu(C
3N
3O
3H
2)
2(NH
3)
2. It is also an ammine-containing mineral, a feature shared with
ammineite
Ammineite is the first recognized mineral containing ammine groups. Its formula is uCl2(NH3)2 The mineral is chemically pure. It was found in a guano deposit in Chile. At the same site other ammine-containing minerals were later found:Mindat, Shil ...
,
chanabayaite
Chanabayaite is the first recognized triazolate mineral, having the formula .
Minor iron admixture is also present. It is also one of a few currently known minerals containing ammine groups, including also ammineite, joanneumite and shilovite. All ...
and shilovite. All the minerals are very rare and were found in a
guano
Guano (Spanish from qu, wanu) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats. As a manure, guano is a highly effective fertilizer due to the high content of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium, all key nutrients essential for plant growth. G ...
deposit in Pabellón de Pica, Chile.
[Mindat, Pabellón de Pica, http://www.mindat.org/loc-192704.html]
See also
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Copper(II) cyanurate
Copper(II) cyanurate ( C3 H Cu N3 O3) is an organic compound. It has very few uses, and is more often encountered accidentally, rather than actually synthesised.
It is often found when the copper concentration in an outdoor swimming pool is too h ...
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Copper(II) minerals
Organic minerals
Triclinic minerals
Minerals in space group 2
Minerals described in 2017